Best Cobra Kai characters

62 ELO points separate Johnny Lawrence from Robby Keene at the top of the Cobra Kai ranking, after 4024 duels.

Miguel Diaz leads with 1468 ELO points, winning 69% of his 346 duels. Eli (Hawk) Moskowitz follows at 1443 ELO, just 25 points behind, while Johnny Lawrence claims third with 1436 ELO. The sharpest divide in the top tier sits between Johnny and his son Robby Keene, who lands at fourth with 1374 ELO. That 62-point gap marks the clearest fault line among the ranking's leaders. Chozen Toguchi rounds out the top 5 at 1350 ELO across 413 duels. At the bottom, Bert struggles at 993 ELO with a 33% win rate, Anthony LaRusso sits just above him at 1002 ELO, and Mitch closes the bottom three at 1014 ELO. The lower positions suggest the community has little patience for characters who lack either fighting skill or narrative weight.

This ranking draws from 4024 duels involving 65 players who have weighed in on 22 contenders from the Cobra Kai universe. The data was updated on 11 October 2026. If you have opinions on these characters, head to VAINKEURZ and cast your votes in head-to-head matchups. Every duel shifts the standings, and your choices shape the ranking as it evolves.

Updated on October 11, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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